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CVE-2026-5038
Published:June 15, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Impact: multer versions 2.0.0-alpha.1 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service when using diskStorage. Aborted or malformed multipart uploads leave orphaned partial files on disk because the Readable.pipe() call does not propagate the stream destroy signal to the underlying fs.WriteStream. An attacker can exhaust disk space by triggering many aborted uploads, with no application bug required. Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease). Both versions track in-flight write streams and clean them up on the abort path. Workarounds: None.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/expressjs/multer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.0.0 <v2.2.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.2.0
multer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-alpha.1 <2.2.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.0
multer (NPM):
Affected version(s) =3.0.0-alpha.1 <3.0.0-alpha.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.0-alpha.2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incomplete Cleanup
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28